Note: Citations are based on reference standards. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. The specific requirements or preferences of your reviewing publisher, classroom teacher, institution or organization should be applied.

The Ayn Rand cult

The author explains the origin of the ideas of Ayn Rand and exposes "Objectivism as a classic cult, unusual because of its overt emphasis on self-interest, rationality, and atheism, but typical of cults in its guru-worship, thought control, trial and excommuciation of deviants, and hostility to existing society."--Cover.

Chronology of the objectivist movement --
Introduction : the most peculiar cult on Earth --
The cult while the guru lived --
Entrails : the anatomy of the cult --
The cult after the guru's death --
Sex, art, and psychotherapy --
Nathaniel Branden : the godfather of self-esteem --
Leonard Peikoff : from serf to pontiff --
Alan Greenspan : the undertaker takes over --
The mind of the guru --
The dark side of the guru's soul --
The roots of objectivism --
The disowned ancestry of Atlas shrugged --
Ayn Rand's legacy.

Responsibility:

Jeff Walker.

Abstract:

The author explains the origin of the ideas of Ayn Rand and exposes "Objectivism as a classic cult, unusual because of its overt emphasis on self-interest, rationality, and atheism, but typical of cults in its guru-worship, thought control, trial and excommuciation of deviants, and hostility to existing society."--Cover.